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blindman

why the hell would I want to go by chinabus

It cost $30 return as opposed to $150 by amtrak.

A moneysaving tip I believe?

Please explain the tone of this post

Glad to see the person who started the whole argument off can take advice lol!
what weve got here is blindman advising someone how to bid on priceline for a USA hotel on the vegas thread today! Ca and 99999 look familiar to anyone lol ? funny no mention of using priceline.co.uk.

Especially this line
LMFOA. WHAT A NERVE!

How have I got a nerve to post a tip I've posted earlier and how can I take 'advice'

Murphy_The_Cat

This threads great.

All I need to do is top up on popcorn get comfy on the sofa and watch you lot duke it out .

MTC

CAE

What happened to 'Please be nice to all moneysavers'?

Stupidspender_2

$30,it may be, I don’t know because I would not use them personally, but its a complete false opposition, Amtrak or china bus is not even remotely the same. Or did you just post the china bus thing to discredit my Amtrak 50% promo code?

Well smartguy !!! I can beat your $30 chinabus, why don’t I hitch hike from Boston to New York , that would be free. lol

chez_2

Stupidspender wrote:

$30,it may be, I don’t know because I would not use them personally, but its a complete false opposition, Amtrak or china bus is not even remotely the same. Or did you just post the china bus thing to discredit my Amtrak 50% promo code?

Well smartguy !!! I can beat your $30 chinabus, why don’t I hitch hike from Boston to New York , that would be free. lol

Can we get this dude permabanned?

Stupidspender_2

Well what blindman not so quick to tell you about china bus I will before anyone gets themselves into a position they did not want to be in on their dream holiday!

1,Q: Okay, so how do I do this?

.A: You buy a ticket, preferably online, and then check in with a ticket agent at the office of the company you bought the ticket from,
showing ID to ensure that you're actually you. If the agent doesn't speak English, they will then direct you to the bus by gesturing wildly. There won't be any signs, really, and there may or may not be a bus waiting around where you're supposed to be. It's not an exact science, this Chinatown bus.

2,Q: Huh. That's confusing. Where do they drop you off and pick you up?

A. The Chinatown buses, as the name would suggest, drop you off and pick you up in the Chinatown of the city you want to go to. (Some bus lines offer service from other places in Manhattan, so it could be worth your while to comparison shop.) Because bus terminals don't exist in Chinatown, you are quite literally picked up and dropped off on street corners in a completely foreign part of the city. In New York, this means braving the Canal Street area, where English is limited and business transactions can feel like a bazaar in Marrakech at high noon. In Boston, this means navigating narrow streets that twist around each other, causing you to walk in circles for hours. Often times, you'll be picked up and dropped off at different locations every time you take the bus, so either go with someone who's taken the bus before, get a good map or scout the area beforehand for places to hail cabs or take the subway.

3,Q: Wait. So, like, you're just picked up alongside a road?

A, It can be confusing, especially since many of the people running the bus companies speak limited English, operate out of other people's storefronts and don't pick you up from their office locations. In Boston, Fung Wah's ticket "office" is really a table inside an Asian bakery where the ticket agent checks you off, then tells you to walk a few blocks away to get the bus. Other bus companies are even less stable than Fung Wah, which has used that bakery for years, so keep your wits about you and don't fret if it's not immediately apparent where the Chinatown bus ticket agents are -- they could be in the back corner of that cell phone store you've passed 13 times already. Also, make sure you have the address of the place you need to find, since some of these places don't have signs, and if they do they're written in Chinese.

4,Q: How will I know where the bus picks me up if no one speaks English?

A, Good rule of thumb: If you're wondering where the bus is, just follow any random white people you see toting big bags and confused looks on their faces. Once you're there, get in line and be prepared for some jostling. The biggest problem people seem to encounter comes when the attendant yells for everyone to get on the bus and a mob 60 people deep pushes forward all at once. To ensure you have
a seat, cut everyone in the line or try buying tickets online, which reserves you seats at a set time.

5,Q: How often do they run? How long are these trips?

A, The buses leave just about every hour on the hour. And depending on the traffic, Boston to New York in three-and-a-half hours. Four to four-and-a-half hours is the average, but I horror stories about the things that happen when a Chinatown bus breaks down. Evidently, the Donner Party didn't have anything on these people.

6,Q: Are the seats comfortable?
A: Not at all. For $20, your seat is cheap in more ways than one. For starters, you can feel the metal tubing in the seat through the Kleenex-thin padding that passes as a seat cover. The seats aren't easily adjusted even if they are adjustable, so there's a good chance the person in front of you will be leaning back into your lap for hours. As with Democratic Socialism, "lumbar support" is more of a theory than a practice, so bring a pillow or Vicodin if you feel like your back is gonna be a problem.

7,Q: Do they stop the bus?
A: Yes. No. Maybe. Sometimes. There's no way of knowing for sure, not until the bus slows down and the driver yells "ten minutes" in an interesting accent. If you're lucky, you'll get a McDonald's someplace in Connecticut to gawk at the freeway or perhaps a Sbarro and cigarettes combo along the turnpike. But some stops, well. Um. You could end up in Providence for no real reason.

8,Q: Okay, so is it *really* $20 to go roundtrip between New York and Boston?
A: Yes. As insane as it sounds, it really is $10 each way between the two cities, with a 50-cent service fee tacked on each way if you buy online.

9,Q: Is it worth the money?
A: Yes. If you taken the bus before and didn't hate it, then you probably won't mind spending $21 to do it again. For those who have never had a long bus ride, while it may seem like a substantial commitment, if you do the math, the Chinatown bus is the pound-for-pound value leader heading to and from Boston. After all, consider the time and money and aggravation you'd spend to fly. By the time you spend $25 and 45 minutes to get to the airport, 30 minutes negotiating security, $150 and an hour up in the sky in a seat that's not exactly an Aeron, then another 15 minutes tooling around for your bags... Adds up fast, no?

China town at night with the kids , No thanks I think I will take Amtrak for $64 return!
Like i said a complete false opposition!

GlennTheBaker

Thankyou for what appears to be an informed and informative post.

odowdchr

Stupidspender wrote:

Odowchr,
You stick to bidding in £ if your happy with that method.
Although just how you can say that you never paid any less by bidding in $ without buying the exact same hotel room at the exact same time in $ is truly beyond me?

Huh? I refer you to my previous answer given in the thread you read? The only way you can compare winning bids is by comparing what other people have bid and won by, that's the whole idea of blind bidding and is the only way that hotels will offer good prices on Priceline? Unless you know better?

If you've got any evidence then lets hear it (I'm genuinely interested), but what you've posted so far seems to be incorrect, unsubstantiated and misleading rubbish to be honest.
Let's see some proof instead of you trying to engage in a dickwaggling contest eh?

blindman

GlennTheBaker wrote:

Thankyou for what appears to be an informed and informative post.

Well it would have been it if was all true and spoken from his experience.

But alas like all this nutters posts it is lifted from this web-site

Well what blindman not so quick to tell you about china bus

Had you asked I would give you my experience and possible pitfalls and the pros and cons of this journey.


and I see you've not answered my earlier request at post 243 re the 'What a nerve'

Stupidspender_2

When did i say it was my experience for gods sake you argumentative sod? it blatantly American AND talks about democrats and donners ect and is obviously American and its posted in the third sense by the use of "we" ect .
You are hopeless in your spitefulness.
This is a forum for info, your insane and pathetic if you think that everything that everyone posts has to be the first one ever to post it!
I had already said that i would not use china bus in my previous post, to be honest I really don’t understand your continued childish manner.

Now back to china bus are you happy blind man recommending this to people without explaining how it works?
I can imagine you would be happy turning up in china town with a family to try and catch this overcrowded bus that may/maybe not turn up.
Your money saving is on base level , you need to think out of the box and weigh up value for money rather than the very cheapest in my opinion.
The way you need to make back up alias is slightly worrying, are you really so insecure ?